THE HACCP-SYSTEM - PART IV - INTEGRATION OF THE HACCP-SYSTEM OF CODEXALIMENTARIUS INTO INTERNAL COMPANY CONTROL ACCORDING TO 4 LMHV

The basic agreement between 4 of the Food Hygiene Directive (LMHV) and the HACCP system of Coder Alimentarius is first of all based on the f act that a specific hazard analysis constitutes the point of departure for preventive measures, Hence, 4 LMHV and Codex Alimentarius share t he feature of an in-process control which is based on a specific hazar d analysis. However, in contrast to the more detailed HACCP principles the requirements in 4 LMHV which regulate the ''establishment and per formance of effective safety measures and their monitoring for those c ritical points'' can be applied to all sectors of the food production. The undefined legal nation ''effective safety measures'' implies the possibility to call e. g. for a documentation or for the application o f the entire HACCP system in case this constitutes the only way to ens ure sufficiently effective safety measures for certain production proc esses.